Edge GKE Engineer (Secret) - Remote/Hybrid, DoD-Ready

Socket.dev

Reston (VA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health Savings Account
Vision Plan
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401(k) matching
Pet Insurance discount
Employee Assistance Program
PTO & Holidays
Education Assistance

Job summary

PGTEK seeks a GKE / GDC Edge Engineer to design and operate secure cloud capabilities for federal and DoD environments, spanning edge, connected, and air-gapped networks. This role supports RMF/FedRAMP authorization and involves hybrid or remote work with periodic travel to customer sites in the DC/NOVA region.

We value deep hands-on experience with GKE, Google Distributed Cloud, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps, plus strong collaboration, mentoring, and the ability to translate security

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software, cloud, data, cybersecurity, systems, or AI engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of advanced hands-on experience in production or regulated environments.
  • Deep experience with GKE, Google Distributed Cloud, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, supply-chain security, networking, SRE, and federal controls.

Responsibilities

  • Design clusters/fleets, identity, networking, policy, observability, artifact promotion, upgrades, DR, and air-gapped operations.
  • Implement solutions using GKE, Google Distributed Cloud, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, and supply-chain security.
  • Mentor team members and contribute reusable standards.
  • Support RMF/FedRAMP/DoD authorization activities.

Skills

GKE experience
Production in regulated environments
SRE / observability
Federal controls

Tools

Kubernetes
GitOps
Helm
Google Distributed Cloud
Supply-chain security

Job description

PGTEK seeks a GKE / GDC Edge Engineer to design and operate secure cloud capabilities for federal and DoD environments, spanning edge, connected, and air-gapped networks. This role supports RMF/FedRAMP authorization and involves hybrid or remote work with periodic travel to customer sites in the DC/NOVA region.

We value deep hands-on experience with GKE, Google Distributed Cloud, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps, plus strong collaboration, mentoring, and the ability to translate security

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